Schedule By Day

Business Breakfast: Predictably Irrational

Wed. March 18th, 2009 7:30 AM

Dan Ariely, author of the New York Times bestseller Predictably Irrational, as heard on NPR, is an expert on behavioral economics and teaches at Duke University. Limited seating. Individual tickets $30, organization's table with marketing benefits $350.

IMPORTANT - This is a ticketed event. You must purchase tickets in order to attend.

Ballroom

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Opening Ceremony: 15th Virginia Festival of the Book

Wed. March 18th, 2009 12:00 PM

Join us for a ceremonial start to the book festival, opening remarks by author Catherine Gourley, proclamations from the City and County, the announcement of The Hook contest winners, and readings from the state winners of the Letters About Literature contest.

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Poets Reading Poets: A Writer's Attention

Wed. March 18th, 2009 2:00 PM

Three contemporary poets introduce and read poems by poets of the past: Judy Longley (A Woman Divided) on Elizabeth Bishop, Susan Hull (Mountain Home) on T.S. Eliot, and Kristen Staby Rembold (Felicity) on James Wright.

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Virginia History in Prose and Poetry

Wed. March 18th, 2009 2:00 PM

Explore Virginia's pivotal moments with Bob Deans (The River Where America Began: A Journey Along the James), Tim Lewis (The Virginiad), and Tony Williams (Hurricane of Independence: The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the Deciding Moment of the American Revolution).

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Work with Me: Collaborative Memoir Writing

Wed. March 18th, 2009 2:00 PM

Collaborative writing partners tell stories of war, dislocation, and cultural alienation with Mike Zbailey (Time Remembered, Grief Forgotten: A Personal Memoir, as told by Kathryn Nikkel) and Carolyn Karam-Barkley (ed., Yesterday's Children: Growing Up Assyrian in Persia, by Elizabeth Yoel Campbell).

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Writing Young Adult Non-Fiction

Wed. March 18th, 2009 2:00 PM

Catherine Gourley (Flappers and the New American Woman), Mary E. Lyons (Sorrow's Kitchen), and John Stokes (Students on Strike) discuss writing non-fiction books for young adults.

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"Telling to Live": Women's Stories

Wed. March 18th, 2009 4:00 PM

Co-creators of "We have to dream while awake: Courage and Change in El Salvador," Sharon Davie (My Sister's Hair, produced by Ki Theatre) and documentary photographer Peggy Harrison will discuss storytelling as survival.

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Empires: The Colonies, and the Colonized

Wed. March 18th, 2009 4:00 PM

Joe Jackson (The Thief at the End of the World: Rubber, Power, and the Seeds of Empire), Fernando Opere  (Indian Captivity in Spanish America), David Buisseret (Jamaica in 1687), and Philip Levy (Fellow Travelers: Indians and Europeans Contesting the Early American Trail).

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Republic of Words: Words and Phrases That Shaped America

Wed. March 18th, 2009 4:00 PM

Arthur Schulman (Websterisms) and Paul Aron (We Hold These Truths...and Other Words That Made America) discuss how words create meaning and shape understanding.

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Romance: The Genres, the Writers

Wed. March 18th, 2009 4:00 PM

Historical romance writer Mary Blayney, contemporary romance author Elaine Fox, and paranormal romance author Patrice Michelle will discuss the secrets to Romance's longstanding success with readers.

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The Hubble: Imaging Space and Time

Wed. March 18th, 2009 4:00 PM

David DeVorkin, co author of Hubble, Imaging Space and Time, will show images taken from the Hubble and talk about the work of the Hubble telescope. He is curator at the National Air and Space Museum.

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Where Borders Are Water: Transnational Identities

Wed. March 18th, 2009 4:00 PM

Explore an ocean-straddling consciousness in the literature of North America, the North Atlantic, Africa, South Asia, and the Caribbean with critics Jahan Ramazani (A Transnational Poetics) and Michael Malouf (Transatlantic Solidarities: Irish Nationalism and Caribbean Poetics).

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Why We Write, What We Write

Wed. March 18th, 2009 4:00 PM

Authors Jeffrey Hammond (Small Comforts: Essays at Middle Age, Frank MacHovec (Humor, What's Funny), Ruth Skrine (Parallel Journeys), Vincent Schilling (Native Men of Courage) discuss the whys and whats of their varied books.

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Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday: Creating Paperbag Art

Wed. March 18th, 2009 6:00 PM

Calling All Youth! Mozelle Booker uses Dee Keith's Abe Lincoln puppet to introduce Lincoln's early life through the book The Story of Abraham Lincoln by Ann Donegan Johnson. Artist John Trippel leads the audience in creating pictures of Lincoln's life to take home.

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Civil War: Soldiers and Their Battles

Wed. March 18th, 2009 6:00 PM

David W. Lowe (Meade's Army: The Private Notebooks of Lt. Col Theodore Lyman) and Peter Cozzens (Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign) discuss their new works on the Civil War.

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Doctors Who Write

Wed. March 18th, 2009 6:00 PM

Four physician writers--Daniel Becker, Lynn Eckert, Bruce Hillman, and Sharon Hostler-- with four specialties and four genres between them, discuss the art of medicine and the important side effects of writing.

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Health Care Reform: A Vision for Policy Change

Wed. March 18th, 2009 6:00 PM

Dr. Ken Fisher (In Defiance of Death: Exposing the Real Costs of End-of-Life Care) leads a discussion of health care reform, and offers workable solutions to bring excellent universal coverage without breaking the bank.

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Short Stories: Men With A Mission

Wed. March 18th, 2009 6:00 PM

With short story writers Jeffery Renard Allen (Holding Pattern), David Taylor (Success: Stories) and James Mathews (Last Known Position).

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The Secret Laws of Attraction

Wed. March 18th, 2009 6:00 PM

Life Coach Talane Miedaner (The Secret Laws of Attraction and Coach Yourself to Success) will talk about how to get the relationship you want.

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When Life Takes a Turn: Authors Write About Hardships and Healing

Wed. March 18th, 2009 6:00 PM

James Herndon (Jack's Shop: Beyond the Front Porch), Susan Skolnick-Lozano (Riding at Fairhunt... For Love, Life and Therapy) and Russell Richards (The Arts and Innards of Russell U. Richards!) discuss their books of personal difficulties and triumphs.

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Interludes and Latitudes: The Poetry of Kevin Hart and Paul Muldoon

Wed. March 18th, 2009 8:00 PM

Enjoy an evening with two poets of international renown, Kevin Hart (Flame Tree) and Paul Muldoon (Horse Latitudes). Free tickets for this event will be distributed one hour beforehand on a first-come-first-served basis. Those who purchased a Headline Events pass ($15) will be assured a seat.

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Let's Talk Books

Wed. March 18th, 2009 8:00 PM

Booksellers Kelly Justice (Richmond’s Fountain Books) and Sandi Cararo ( Barnes & Noble) join Cathy Maxwell (Richmond book radio show host) to talk about books. Come share your favorite titles, writers, and opinions.

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Lincoln: His Politics, His Times, His Assassins

Wed. March 18th, 2009 8:00 PM

With Gary Ecelbarger (The Great Comeback: How Lincoln Beat the Odds to Win the 1860 Republican Nomination), Andrew Jampoler (The Last Lincoln Conspirator), and K.M. Kostyal (Abraham Lincoln's Extraordinary Era).

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Measuring Time: A Novel of Nigeria

Wed. March 18th, 2009 8:00 PM

Virginia Literary Award Winner Helon Habila will read from and discuss his novel of contemporary Nigeria, Measuring Time.

Runk Green Room

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